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35 Medical examination. E+W
(1)If a justice of the peace (acting, if he deems it necessary, ex parte) is satisfied, on a written certificate issued by a registered medical practitioner nominated by the local authority for a district—
(a)that there is reason to believe that some person in the district—
(i)is or has been suffering from a notifiable disease, or
(ii)though not suffering from such a disease, is carrying an organism that is capable of causing it, and
(b)that in his own interest, or in the interest of his family, or in the public interest, it is expedient that he should be medically examined, and
(c)that he is not under the treatment of a registered medical practitioner or that the registered medical practitioner who is treating him consents to the making of an order under this section,
the justice may order him to be medically examined by a registered medical practitioner so nominated.
(2)An order under this section may be combined with a warrant under subsection (3) of section 61 below authorising a registered medical practitioner nominated by the local authority to enter any premises, and for the purposes of that subsection that practitioner shall, if not an officer of the local authority, be treated as one.
(3)In this section, references to a person’s being medically examined shall be construed as including references to his being submitted to bacteriological and radiological tests and similar investigations.
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